Before you dash off the to beach this weekend, pack up the picnic, or prepare to do absolutely nothing, don’t forget your Roots. Your neighborhood vendor will be on the job all weekend – and more – standing vigil for the free press. Pick up your copy starting Friday, and check this out:
The Letter: It arrived late May to nearly 300 Section 8 recipients in Northwest Oregon, cutting their rental assistance with a 30-notice. Joanne Zuhl reports.
By the grace of Margaret Carter: As co-chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee, the veteran senator is in a push-pull battle in Salem to preserve funding for Oregon’s most vulnerable. Mara Grunbaum interviews Carter on the challenges she faces and the arguments she defends.
A duet, for musician and writer: When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez stopped to hear a homeless man play a violin, the music he heard changed both of their lives. Rosette Royale from Real Change in Seattle interviews the man behind “The Soloist.”
The bounty at our feet: One woman’s experience eating nothing but food found in Portland’s urban landscape. A commentary by “Wild Girl” Rebecca Lerner.
And you just know that ain’t all! So do your bit for fair trade and pick up a copy of Street Roots this weekend!